chris collins

https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-state-articles/chris-collins-is-trumps-new-york-cheerleader.html

>“We, in Western New York, know Donald Trump is not merely a candidate,” Collins told the raucous convention crowd. “Donald Trump is a movement.”

>Then he published an op-ed in The Washington Post reasserting earlier statements that he would now be carrying a gun while touring his district. “I owe it to the people in my community, God help me, to try to stop a threat to their safety, should it ever occur because of my presence,” he wrote in the opinion piece.

chris collins

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/rep-collins-chief-of-staff-has-home-raided-by-investigators-118435

>Christopher Grant, the top aide for Collins, is allegedly under investigation for fundraising activities in New York, along with two other men who are powerful in the state’s politics.

>Grant was a chief strategist and media consultant for the lawmaker’s 2012 campaign. Collins defeated Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul in that race.

chris collins

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/erie-county-executive-collins-regrets-comparing-sheldon-silver-hitler-anti-christ-article-1.384862

Erie County Executive Collins regrets comparing Sheldon Silver to Hitler, anti-Christ

Oct 25, 2009 | 10:41 PM

>An upstate Republican who's eying a run for governor has compared Shelly Silver, the Orthodox Jewish speaker of the state Assembly, with Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ.

>And now Erie County Executive Chris Collins says he's really, really sorry.

sheldon silver

https://nypost.com/2018/07/27/sheldon-silver-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-for-corruption/